A GRANDFATHER has been jailed for eight months after falsely claiming nearly £24,000 in benefits, despite having £88,000 in the bank

Dennis Scott, 65, declared he had less than £4,000 while failing to declare that he had sold a house.

Scott’s lie enabled him to claim £23,776.16 in pension credits to which he was not entitled between 2009 and 2014.

He admitted making a false statement to the Department of Work and Pensions.

Defending, Antony Farrell told Hull Crown Court the grandfather, from Bransholme, East Yorks, was a family man who had worked all his life before he became ill and had wanted to create a better life for his grandchildren.

During the hearing last Friday, the court heard the benefi ts had been repaid in full in July last year.

But Judge Jeremy Richardson QC, told him: “It must be made very clear to you and to anyone like you who is tempted to defraud the state in respect of social security benefits that a prison sentence is likely to follow.

You flagrantly breached that system by your shameful conduct.

For a man of your years you ought to know better.” Shamed Dennis Scott He admitted making a false statement to the Department of Work and Pensions.

Defending, Antony Farrell told Hull Crown Court the Bransholme, East Yorks, told him: “It must be made very clear to you and to anyone like you who is tempted to defraud the state in respect of social security benefits that a prison sentence is likely to follow.

You flagrantly breached that system by your shameful conduct. For a man of your years you ought to know better.”